Pia Mamut
Biographic Data
| ID | 6710875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pia Mamut |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mamut |
| SIGNATURE | MAMUT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3935-4634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Grasping Sustainability Culture in Higher Education Institutions
This study addresses the limitations of structural reforms in higher education institutions (HEIs) by emphasizing the need for a robust sustainability culture to support long‐term transformation. Despite growing interest, the concept of sustainability culture is still underdefined, leading to fragmented practices and a lack of shared orientation. To clarify this concept, the study applies a culture‐theoretical framework and combines literature re…
An Eco‐Social Policy Mix for 1.5°C Lifestyles
Bridging the gap between welfare and climate policies is essential for simultaneously pursuing increased well‐being and reduced carbon emissions. This study uses a policy Delphi approach, involving experts and stakeholders from five European countries: Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, and Sweden, to assess the perceived desirability and feasibility of six eco‐social policies for enabling 1.5°C lifestyles. The results show that eco‐social policies…
From responsibility ping-pong to shared responsibility for 1.5° lifestyles? Examining European stakeholder perspectives
We are currently witnessing a paradox in climate governance (CG): despite growing awareness of the socio-biophysical impacts of current lifestyles, there remains a persistent commitment to high-consumption habits with large carbon footprints. Around this paradox, a debate on responsibility for change has developed. Which actor can and should do what to solve the problem? Simultaneously, however, scholars depict trends towards ‘organised irrespons…
Living smaller
This article examines limits to per capita living space (i.e. living smaller and/or sharing living space) as a measure for achieving sufficiency in housing. It studies the acceptance, motivation and side-effects of voluntarily reducing living space in five European Union countries: Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden. Insights are derived from an extensive collection of qualitative empirical material collected from citizen and stakeholder …
The ‘glass ceiling’ of Germany’s socio-ecological transformation
The IPCC (2022) underscores the urgent need to transform economic and social systems to stay within the ~1.5 °C warming threshold, with the pressure placed on states to lead the processes of transformation. Germany’s market economy is currently neither socially nor ecologically sustainable, requiring a socio-ecological transformation towards sustainable consumption and production systems. As the imperatives of the modern democratic welfare state …
Sustainable consumption and the power of economic growth
Increasing shares of the sustainable consumption literature postulate the need for a focus on limits to consumption as a basis for achieving absolute reductions in resource use. After all, improvements in the sustainability of consumption expected from technological innovation and efficiency gains have been eaten up by rebound effects, to date. The decoupling that proponents of green growth were hoping for is nowhere in sight. However, discussion…
The overlooked role of discourse in breaking carbon lock‐in
Over the last 15 years, research on carbon lock‐in has investigated why decarbonization evolves so slowly in Western industrialized countries. In this paper, we argue that the role of discourses has been overlooked in the literature on carbon lock‐in. We argue that discourses are both part of lock‐in mechanisms and, using the concept of discursive turning points, important factors in explaining change. This implies that we need to carefully inves…
A-disciplinary considerations of two networks of local climate energy initiatives
In France and Germany, significant networks of local initiatives have developed around energy issues. This article brings practitioners’ viewpoints into discussion. It presents the way in which two of these networks – the CLER-network for the energy transition (France) and the 100% – Regions network (Germany) – each identifies itself, describes its action and build-up process in relation to government action, and conceives of justice issues in th…
The overlooked role of discourse in breaking carbon lock‐in
Over the last 15 years, research on carbon lock‐in has investigated why decarbonization evolves so slowly in Western industrialized countries. In this paper, we argue that the role of discourses has been overlooked in the literature on carbon lock‐in. We argue that discourses are both part of lock‐in mechanisms and, using the concept of discursive turning points, important factors in explaining change. This implies that we need to carefully inves…
Living smaller
This article examines limits to per capita living space (i.e. living smaller and/or sharing living space) as a measure for achieving sufficiency in housing. It studies the acceptance, motivation and side-effects of voluntarily reducing living space in five European Union countries: Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden. Insights are derived from an extensive collection of qualitative empirical material collected from citizen and stakeholder …
From responsibility ping-pong to shared responsibility for 1.5° lifestyles? Examining European stakeholder perspectives
We are currently witnessing a paradox in climate governance (CG): despite growing awareness of the socio-biophysical impacts of current lifestyles, there remains a persistent commitment to high-consumption habits with large carbon footprints. Around this paradox, a debate on responsibility for change has developed. Which actor can and should do what to solve the problem? Simultaneously, however, scholars depict trends towards ‘organised irrespons…
The ‘glass ceiling’ of Germany’s socio-ecological transformation
The IPCC (2022) underscores the urgent need to transform economic and social systems to stay within the ~1.5 °C warming threshold, with the pressure placed on states to lead the processes of transformation. Germany’s market economy is currently neither socially nor ecologically sustainable, requiring a socio-ecological transformation towards sustainable consumption and production systems. As the imperatives of the modern democratic welfare state …
Sustainable consumption and the power of economic growth
Increasing shares of the sustainable consumption literature postulate the need for a focus on limits to consumption as a basis for achieving absolute reductions in resource use. After all, improvements in the sustainability of consumption expected from technological innovation and efficiency gains have been eaten up by rebound effects, to date. The decoupling that proponents of green growth were hoping for is nowhere in sight. However, discussion…
A-disciplinary considerations of two networks of local climate energy initiatives
In France and Germany, significant networks of local initiatives have developed around energy issues. This article brings practitioners’ viewpoints into discussion. It presents the way in which two of these networks – the CLER-network for the energy transition (France) and the 100% – Regions network (Germany) – each identifies itself, describes its action and build-up process in relation to government action, and conceives of justice issues in th…
The overlooked role of discourse in breaking carbon lock‐in
Over the last 15 years, research on carbon lock‐in has investigated why decarbonization evolves so slowly in Western industrialized countries. In this paper, we argue that the role of discourses has been overlooked in the literature on carbon lock‐in. We argue that discourses are both part of lock‐in mechanisms and, using the concept of discursive turning points, important factors in explaining change. This implies that we need to carefully inves…
Sustainable consumption and the power of economic growth
Increasing shares of the sustainable consumption literature postulate the need for a focus on limits to consumption as a basis for achieving absolute reductions in resource use. After all, improvements in the sustainability of consumption expected from technological innovation and efficiency gains have been eaten up by rebound effects, to date. The decoupling that proponents of green growth were hoping for is nowhere in sight. However, discussion…
From responsibility ping-pong to shared responsibility for 1.5° lifestyles? Examining European stakeholder perspectives
We are currently witnessing a paradox in climate governance (CG): despite growing awareness of the socio-biophysical impacts of current lifestyles, there remains a persistent commitment to high-consumption habits with large carbon footprints. Around this paradox, a debate on responsibility for change has developed. Which actor can and should do what to solve the problem? Simultaneously, however, scholars depict trends towards ‘organised irrespons…
Living smaller
This article examines limits to per capita living space (i.e. living smaller and/or sharing living space) as a measure for achieving sufficiency in housing. It studies the acceptance, motivation and side-effects of voluntarily reducing living space in five European Union countries: Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden. Insights are derived from an extensive collection of qualitative empirical material collected from citizen and stakeholder …
The ‘glass ceiling’ of Germany’s socio-ecological transformation
The IPCC (2022) underscores the urgent need to transform economic and social systems to stay within the ~1.5 °C warming threshold, with the pressure placed on states to lead the processes of transformation. Germany’s market economy is currently neither socially nor ecologically sustainable, requiring a socio-ecological transformation towards sustainable consumption and production systems. As the imperatives of the modern democratic welfare state …
An Eco‐Social Policy Mix for 1.5°C Lifestyles
Bridging the gap between welfare and climate policies is essential for simultaneously pursuing increased well‐being and reduced carbon emissions. This study uses a policy Delphi approach, involving experts and stakeholders from five European countries: Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, and Sweden, to assess the perceived desirability and feasibility of six eco‐social policies for enabling 1.5°C lifestyles. The results show that eco‐social policies…
Grasping Sustainability Culture in Higher Education Institutions
This study addresses the limitations of structural reforms in higher education institutions (HEIs) by emphasizing the need for a robust sustainability culture to support long‐term transformation. Despite growing interest, the concept of sustainability culture is still underdefined, leading to fragmented practices and a lack of shared orientation. To clarify this concept, the study applies a culture‐theoretical framework and combines literature re…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Business (2 works)